Applications – What are the treatment system's applications

The system is ideally suited for single homes, clusters of homes, small institutions, commercial operations, trailer parks, motels, recreation property, cabins, and cottages – pretty much anywhere sewage treatment is required.

Breakdowns – The system is designed with redundant systems to prevent downtime. There are very few parts that will fail. The primary part is the pump. All systems are supplied with a backup pump. In the unlikely event that a pump fails, the secondary pump is easily dropped into place. Replacement pumps are readily available from our website.

Chemicals. What chemicals are required for this system?

The system needs no added chemicals, except for chlorine pucks in case a chlorine based disinfection unit is added to the system. The treatment system is entirely bacteriological. Anaerobic and aerobic bacteria in the system's two treatment chambers do all of the work, digesting and cleaning up the wastewater. These bacteria are everywhere in the environment and do not need to be added to the system. They're around us everywhere, just waiting for dinner to be delivered.

Earthquakes. Are onsite systems able to withstand earthquakes?

This is a really good question! I'm glad we asked it. The massive pipe network in a central collection system will rupture during an earthquake or flood, spewing billions of gallons of raw sewage all over the place. Take a look at what happened across three southern US states during hurricane Katrina. There was sewage everywhere.

Our system is self contained. It is made of fiberglass, and is highly resistant to breakage. We've even dropped systems accidentally off the back of trucks with no damage to them. There is just one single pipe, perhaps 10 or 20 feet (3 – 6 meters) running raw sewage from a residence into our system but it only carries raw sewage at widely spaced intervals, specifically, when someone flushes a toilet. The rest of the time the pipe is empty. During an earthquake the treatment system may bounce around a bit, but the sewage would be contained within the unit.

Environment – Our system is the most environmentally friendly treatment system in it's class.

Expandability. Can the system be expanded?

Lets say I have a system operating at my home and I decide to build a second house on the property to allow 10 of my favorite relatives to move in permanently! What can I do?

Well, the relatives are your problem. As far as the treatment system is concerned, a second unit can be added in tandem with the first to take over the extra load. It is really that simple.

Global warming – how does this treatment system help?

Treating household waste water right at its source is dramatically more efficient than it through literally hundreds or even thousands of miles of pipes buried beneath city streets, pipes which constantly leak, requiring streets to be dug up and repaved. Add to this the huge reduction in the load placed on local water supplied due to the fact that 100% of all household wastewater is recycled for irrigation purposes. Central collection systems also require hundreds of pumping stations all of which use energy.

Installation Sites – Where can the system be installed?

Just about anywhere. It can be buried in the ground, with just the access hatch visible. Where digging into the ground isn't possible it can be placed on top of the ground, or in a shed or out-building. It can be placed in the desert, the arctic, or in a swamp.

Since all treatment takes place within the system and since the system functions completely independent of its surroundings, it will perform equally well in all surroundings. The quality of discharged water will be equally good whether the unit is placed in a swamp or in the desert. Where you place the system simply does not matter. It is independent of its surroundings.

Regular Maintenance – With proper use, the system will not need much attention. The manual recommends pumping out sludge and grease every three years.

Repair and Maintenance – System engineers are always available. We are only a phone call or email away. Again, because of the simplicity of the unit, there are very few issues anticipated in this area.

Solar Option - People who need to install these units in areas where there is no power will be happy to know that we can proved them with optional solar power panels to drive the unit.

Terrorism. How is the system impervious to terrorism.

You might ask why such a question. Well, as soon as terrorists figure out that one of the quickest ways to shut down an entire community and create social havoc and a health crisis at the same time, central collection treatment plants are going to become targets. A single hit on one plant and the entire community has a serious problem. Our system results in the community wide dispersement of wastewater treatment. The eggs, so to speak, are not all in the same fragile basket. It would be virtually impossible for terrorist to visit every household and business in town in order to knock out on-site treatment systems.

Towns. Villages. How can this system help them?

Most communities – even large cities – have very serious wastewater treatment problems. The US EPA says that in the US alone, 3 trillion dollars are needed just to upgrade the existing infrastructure. The problem is that until recently 'central collection' was seen as the only way to provide sewage treatment. Take raw sewage from each household and pump it through hundreds of miles piping buried beneath city streets to a single sewage treatment plant that was built in the 1930's, 1940's or perhaps 70's. The problem is, at some point in time a town needed to decide what size its sewage treatment plant should be, based on best guess estimates of population growth.

Virtually all central collection systems are now badly overloaded and sewage spills are everywhere. In communities whose central plants are overloaded, or at full capacity, newly constructed houses can include one of our systems which would serve two purposes: 1) To pre-treat that household's waste water, running only clear, clean water into the existing sewer network therefore adding no further load to the central plant, and 2) Allow households equipped with our systems to recycle all of their waste water to use for the irrigation of landscape plants. Two problems taken care of with a single system.

Trailers. Can trailers be connected to the system?

Yes. Systems can be equipped with an auxiliary input allowing trailers or RV's to dump their wastewater into it.

Uses – Where can the system be used.

The system is ideally suited for single homes, clusters of homes, small institutions, commercial operations, trailer parks, motels, recreation property, cabins, and cottages – pretty much anywhere sewage treatment is required.

It can also be used as a stand alone treatment system or it can be integrated into an existing central collection community system that is overloaded or at capacity. Since the water leaving our system is fully treated, connecting it to a city system adds no further biological load to that system. In fact, retrofitting our system to households in communities whose sewer systems are overloaded served to offload treatment capacity from those systems, thereby easing their treatment burden by spreading the load around to individual households. As an added bonus, each retrofitted household now gets to use its recycled wastewater for irrigation purposes. This eases the burden on local water resources.

Warranties - See the manual for systems installed in your area.

Water Quality. What is the quality the water discharged by the treatment system?

The treatment system is a miniaturized version of a full-sized, big city, tertiary treatment plant and the quality of the water discharged from it is equal to or better than that achieved by big city systems – without the tremendous cost and operational problems associated with operating thousands of miles of sewer lines buried beneath city streets. The BOD5 and TSS readings for raw sewage are typically 240 and 200 respectively. Our system at full capacity achieves BOD5 and TSS readings of a maximum of 10, a 95% reduction rate. However, as the actual test data included shows, typical BOD and TSS readings run between 4 and 6, representing a 98% reduction.